Calliope - we had fun winning!

When we were at Miriam Vale the other day, the guys told us we must visit Calliope on our way to Gladstone. We decided since we're in Gladstone for a week we'd wait until we got there. They have Tuesday bowls so we went today. Mal rang to put our names down.

We arrived around 12 and met Liana and Georgina at the table.

It's a nice little club. It seems to have some money.

With a nice outdoor area.

There's a photo of the old clubhouse.

And a photo of a club in flood the club supported. They don't remember which club it was. It's in Victoria.

Mal sat and chatted with Baz and Ditmar.

Jean talked with Bob an Di.

There's just one synthetic green under permanent cover. Ditmar said the cover's been up about four years. The carpet's been down about fourteen years and is due for replacement.

Mal played lead with Trevor

Against Bob and Mick.

Barry skipped Jean

Against Chris and Ron

They are the Seahorses, which Chris said is the Calliope town emblem.

Jean worked it out first end, oddly.

Jean struggled for a while to get the weight early on but after about five ends she got it. Even though she doesn't usually like this flat carpet she enjoyed herself.

Mal was the same. He said "Up to the fourth end I was all over the place. Once I worked out the weight I was on the kitty all game!"

Mal was doing ok. We were both up by four on ten ends.

Barry didn't do many skip shots but he was a fantastic draw bowler. Every time Jean got shot he consolidated.

After 18 ends Jean and Barry were 26 to 9. Mal was winning 23 to 6.

Jean and Barry won 34 to 11.

Mal and Trevor won 36 to 14 (Jean won by 1 shot!) On the last end Jean asked Trevor how Mal bowled. He paused a moment then said "Well we're 30!"

We came in for drinks and bickies. The guys were pretty funny. They told good stories.

Jean was excited because they had such a high winning margin. Alas, Mal spun the wheel and the winner was 'Lowest Losing Margin' They won a round of applause.

Calliope - we both won convincingly but more importantly we had lots of fun.